A great thing about this recipe is that once you do your initial chopping, everything else goes very quickly. Since there is no meat in the soup, you can cook up a big pot in only the time it takes for the veggies to soften. Great for busy weeknight schedules!

Finely chop 1 medium onion and 3-4 cloves of garlic.

Dice up 1 red bell pepper. Remove the seeds and inner membranes from 1 jalapeño pepper and cut it into very small dice.

Even if you’re cooking for kids, the jalapeño doesn’t add very much heat since the seeds are removed. I would go ahead and add it to the soup without worry. This is not spicy at all.

That being said, if you want more spice, feel free to leave in the seeds, add an extra pepper, or just add a little more cayenne at the end.

While you’re chopping, peel 1 large sweet potato and cut it into 1-inch cubes. You’ll want to cut the sweet potato into slightly bigger pieces than the other veggies so it doesn’t fall apart.

Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a large soup pot or dutch oven. Add the onions and garlic and sauté over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until the onions are tender but not browned.

To keep the garlic from burning, I like to add the onions first, give them a minute or two in the pan, and then add the garlic on top of the onions.

Add the chopped red bell peppers, jalapeño, and cubes of sweet potato to the pot.

Dump in a big (28 oz.) can of diced tomatoes and their juices.

Raise the heat to medium high and simmer all of the vegetables for 5 minutes.

If your peanut butter doesn’t whisk easily, pop the bowl into the microwave for about 15 seconds to soften it.

Stir the peanut butter mixture into the soup then add the remaining 3 cups of vegetable broth. (A 32 oz. carton of broth will give you the 4 cups total needed for this recipe. Don’t even bother to measure, just dump it in.)

Gary Rith and all your Vegan Friends are in Heaven tonite!!! Well, this soup does look good! All Soups are good………….. I myself am a Soup Eater, lived in Florida since 1969 and even in 95 degrees heat with 95% humidity, I do love my soups……. Bon Appetit!

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